Lexical Definition

‎ὑστερέω‎ hysteréō (hoos-ter-eh'-o) to lack ^G:V
from ‎ὕστερος‎

come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse.

• to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior
• generally, to fall short (be deficient)

Abbott-Smith

ὑστερέω, -ῶ (< ὕστερος), [in LXX for חָסֵר, חָדַל etc. ;]
to come late, be behind (opp. to προτερέω, φθάνω; c. gen. rei, for; c. gen. pers., later than).
Metaph.,
1. of persons,
(a) absol., to come short, fail: He 4:1; seq. ἀπό, 12:15.;
(b) c. gen. pers., to come short of, be inferior to: II Co 11:5; οὐδέν (in nothing, in no respect), ib. 12:11;
(c) with reference to things, to come short (of), be in want (of): c. acc rei, Mt 19:20 (Si 51:24); c. gen. rei, Lk 22:35; so mid. (Diod., FlJ), Ro 3:23; absol., to be in want, suffer want, Lk 15:14, I Co 8:8, II Co 11:8, He 11:37 (Si 11:11); opp. to περισσεύειν, Phl 4:12; seq. ἐν, I Co 1:7.
2. Of things,
(a) to fail, be lacking: Jo 2:3; c. acc pers. (v. Swete, in l.; Mozley, Ps., 42), Mk 10:21;
(b) to be inferior: mid., I Co 12:24 (cf. ἀφ-υστερέω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὑστερέω-έω,

future -ήσω[LXX]aorist ὑστέρησα (frequently with variant{ὑστέρισα}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ὑστέρηκα [NT+1st c.BC+]: pluperfect ὑστερέωήκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ὑστερέωήθην [NT+1st c.AD+]: (ὕστερος):—to be behind or later, come late, opposed to προτερέω or φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II with genitive of things, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (variant{ὑστέρισαν}) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, [Refs 5th c.BC+] came too late for the battle by five days, [ὑστερέωήσαντες οὐ πολλῷ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.44; ὑ. δείπνου 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 39 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερέωήκει had come too late to save M., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ταύτης [τῆς ὥρας] [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 with genitive person, come after him, ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with dative, come too late for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 ὑ. ἔς τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III metaphorically, lag behind, be inferior to, τῶν.. ἀποστόλων [NT+5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ.[ὑστερέωῶ ἐγώ LXX.Ps.38.5. ">LXX]
__III.2 fall below, fail to do justice to a theme, ὑστερέωήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV fail to obtain, lack, τἀγαθοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστερέωοῦσι, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle (with aorist passive), ὑστερέωεῖσθαί τινος [NT+1st c.BC+]; ὑστερέωηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ὑστερέωεῖται [LXX]; in future middle, παιδὸς ὑστερέωήσομαι (ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 absolutely, fail, come to grief, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; fall short of supplies, ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερέωῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, to be in want, [NT]; perfect participle ὑστερέωημένοι those who have failed, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__V of things, fail, be wanting, [NT+1st c.AD+]; ἕν σε (variant σοι) ὑστερέωεῖ [ὑστερέωεῖν τι ὑμῖν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δικαίων “BGU” 1074.7 (3rd c.AD).—Cf. ὑστερέωίζω throughout. ">NT+3rd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.83.12* ☩ Heb.4.1 ☩ 2Cor.11.9 ☩ 2Cor.11.5 ☩ LXX.Ps.38.5* ☩ Rom.3.23 ☩ LXX.Deut.15.8 ☩ Luke.15.14 ☩ 1Cor.8.8 ☩ John.2.3 ☩ Mark.10.21}